2008–09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup

ISU Speed Skating World Cup
Dates 7 November 2008 – 7 March 2009

The 2008–09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup, officially the Essent ISU World Cup Speed Skating 2008–2009, was a series of international speed skating competitions which ran the entire season. The season started on 7 November 2008 in Berlin, Germany, and ended on 7 March 2009 in Salt Lake City, United States.[1][2] In total, nine competition weekends were held at eight different locations, twelve cups were contested (six for men, and six for women), and 84 races took place. The World Cup is organized by the International Skating Union (ISU).

Calendar

WC # City Venue Date 100 m 500 m 1000 m 1500 m 3000 m 5000 m 10000 m Team pursuit
1 Berlin Sportforum Hohenschönhausen 7–9 November 2m, 2w m, w m, w w m m, w
2 Heerenveen Thialf 14–16 November 2m, 2w m, w m, w w m m, w
3 Moscow Krylatskoye Sport Complex 22–23 November m, w w m
4 Changchun Jilin Provincial Speed Skating Rink 6–7 December m, w 2m, 2w 2m, 2w
5 Nagano M-Wave 13–14 December m, w 2m, 2w 2m, 2w
Tomakomai Tomakomai Highland Sports Center 4–5 January 2009 Asian Speed Skating Championships
Heerenveen Thialf 9–11 January 2009 European Speed Skating Championships
Moscow Krylatskoye Sport Complex 17–18 January 2009 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships
6 Kolomna Kometa Ice Rink 24–25 January m, w 2m, 2w 2m, 2w
7 Erfurt Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann Halle 30 January – 1 February 2m, 2w m, w m, w w m m, w
Hamar Vikingskipet 7–8 February 2009 World Allround Speed Skating Championships
8 Heerenveen Thialf 14–15 February m, w w m
9 Salt Lake City Utah Olympic Oval 6–7 March m, w m, w m, w m, w w m
Vancouver Richmond Olympic Oval 12–15 March 2009 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships
Total 4m, 4w 13m, 13w 10m, 10w 6m, 6w 4w 4m, 2w 2m 3m, 3w

Note: the men's 5000 and 10000 metres were contested as one cup, and the women's 3000 and 5000 metres were contested as one cup, as indicated by the color coding.

World records

World records going into the 2008–09 season.

Men

Distance Time Nat. Holder Date Venue Reference
500 m 34.03 Canada Jeremy Wotherspoon 9 November 2007 Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City [3]
1000 m 1:07.00 Finland Pekka Koskela 10 November 2007 Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City [4]
1500 m 1:42.01 Canada Denny Morrison 14 March 2008 Olympic Oval, Calgary [5]
5000 m 6:03.32 Netherlands Sven Kramer 17 November 2007 Olympic Oval, Calgary [6]
10000 m 12:41.69 Netherlands Sven Kramer 10 March 2007 Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City [7]
Team pursuit
(8 laps)		 3:37.80 Netherlands Sven Kramer
Carl Verheijen
Erben Wennemars		 11 March 2007 Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City [8]

At the World Cup stop in Salt Lake City on 6 March 2009, Shani Davis of the United States set a new world record on the men's 1500 metres with a time of 1:41.80.[5] The next day, Davis' countryman Trevor Marsicano first set a new world record on the 1000 metres distance with a time of 1:06.88,[4] after which Davis improved it further, with a time of 1:06.42.[4]

Women

Distance Time Nat. Holder Date Venue Reference
500 m 37.02 Germany Jenny Wolf 16 November 2007 Olympic Oval, Calgary [9]
1000 m 1:13.11 Canada Cindy Klassen 25 March 2006 Olympic Oval, Calgary [10]
1500 m 1:51.79 Canada Cindy Klassen 20 November 2005 Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City [11]
3000 m 3:53.34 Canada Cindy Klassen 18 March 2006 Olympic Oval, Calgary [12]
5000 m 6:45.61 Czech Republic Martina Sáblíková 11 March 2007 Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City [13]
Team pursuit
(6 laps)		 2:56.04 Germany Daniela Anschütz-Thoms
Anni Friesinger
Claudia Pechstein		 12 November 2005 Olympic Oval, Calgary [14]

Men's standings

100 m

Rank Name Points
1Japan Yuya Oikawa450
2China Yu Fengtong305
3South Korea Lee Kang-seok270

500 m

Rank Name Points
1China Yu Fengtong1086
2Japan Keiichiro Nagashima957
3United States Tucker Fredricks642

1000 m

Rank Name Points
1United States Shani Davis840
2Canada Denny Morrison705
3Netherlands Stefan Groothuis590

1500 m

Mark Tuitert, early leader in the 1500 m World Cup.
Rank Name Points
1United States Shani Davis470
2United States Trevor Marsicano374
3Norway Håvard Bøkko363

5000 and 10000 m

Sven Kramer, winner of the 5 km in Berlin and Heerenveen.
Rank Name Points
1Netherlands Sven Kramer550
2Norway Håvard Bøkko485
3Netherlands Bob de Jong425

Team pursuit

Rank Name Points
1 Canada310
2 Italy220
3 Japan210

Women's standings

100 m

Rank Name Points
1Germany Jenny Wolf450
2Netherlands Thijsje Oenema236
3China Xing Aihua230

500 m

Rank Name Points
1Germany Jenny Wolf1205
2Netherlands Margot Boer642
3South Korea Lee Sang-hwa635

1000 m

Rank Name Points
1Canada Christine Nesbitt646
2Canada Kristina Groves507
3Netherlands Laurine van Riessen468

1500 m

Kristina Groves, winner of the 1500 m in Berlin and Heerenveen, and the World Cup winner.
Rank Name Points
1Canada Kristina Groves526
2Germany Daniela Anschütz-Thoms355
3Canada Christine Nesbitt335

3000 and 5000 m

Rank Name Points
1Czech Republic Martina Sáblíková610
2Germany Daniela Anschütz-Thoms375
3Canada Kristina Groves375

Team pursuit

Rank Name Points
1 Czech Republic235
2 United States205
3 Netherlands200

References

  1. ↑ World Cup Speed Skating 2008/2009 Archived 2009-01-31 at the Wayback Machine., International Skating Union.
  2. ↑ World Cups of the 2008-09 season, SpeedSkatingStats.com.
  3. ↑ "Evolution of the world record 500 meters Men". www.speedskatingstats.com. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
  4. 1 2 3 "Evolution of the world record 1000 meters Men". www.speedskatingstats.com. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
  5. 1 2 "Evolution of the world record 1500 meters Men". www.speedskatingstats.com. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
  6. ↑ "Evolution of the world record 5000 meters Men". www.speedskatingstats.com. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
  7. ↑ "Evolution of the world record 10,000 meters Men". www.speedskatingstats.com. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
  8. ↑ "Evolution of the world record Team pursuit Men". www.speedskatingstats.com. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
  9. ↑ "Evolution of the world record 500 meters Women". www.speedskatingstats.com. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
  10. ↑ "Evolution of the world record 1000 meters Women". www.speedskatingstats.com. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
  11. ↑ "Evolution of the world record 1500 meters Women". www.speedskatingstats.com. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
  12. ↑ "Evolution of the world record 3000 meters Women". www.speedskatingstats.com. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
  13. ↑ "Evolution of the world record 5000 meters Women". www.speedskatingstats.com. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
  14. ↑ "Evolution of the world record Team pursuit Women". www.speedskatingstats.com. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
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